Sarcopenia refers to the age-related decline in muscle mass. The criteria for the identification of sarcopenia lag some way behind the established criteria for the diagnosis of bone health (osteoporosis). European and ...

The papers that are presented in this special issue are those that emerged from Keynote presentations delivered at the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education / Association Internationale des ...

Problem alcohol use is associated with adverse health and economic outcomes, especially among people in opioid agonist treatment. Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) are effective in reducing ...

Assessment is one of the most fraught and troublesome issues physical educators have had to deal with over the past 40 years or so. In light of the challenges this situation presents, in this paper we provide an overview ...

Several papers in the present symposium emphasize the
importance and interplay of carbohydrate and fat metabolism
during exercise of varying intensities and duration. In
constrast, amino acid metabolism is deemed to ...

Obesity is a global epidemic and is defined as excess fat accumulation to the
extent that health may be impaired (WHO 2000). However, body mass index (BMI),
the metric used to quantify obesity, does not adequately represent ...

In 2012, an OECD1 report entitled, ‘Education at a glance’ highlighted a dramatic increase in the unemployment rate of university graduates in many OECD countries. Since entrepreneurship is frequently seen as an important ...

Arterial diseases are a common cause of death in
the western world. The development of arterial
substitute materials for the improved treatment of
cardiovascular diseases is vital. One such material
is urinary bladder ...

Objective: To determine whether 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associate with ALS in 3 different populations.
We also assessed the contribution of genotype to angiogenin levels in plasma and CSF.
Methods: Allelic ...

The hunt for novel tools to investigate empirical questions is ever present in
psychophysiological research. Antibody response to vaccination has received increasing
attention over recent years as a useful measure of in ...

Detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) provides valuable information regarding
both train ing and injury when applied to running time series. However, there is
limited information when applied to recreational runners, or ...

Accurate data on primary care activity is key to health services planning and reconfiguration. Official data estimate
general practice adult consultation rates to be 3.2 visits annually, based on patient self reports. We ...

Several factors influence the quality of higher education, inputs such as quality of
students and teachers, the curriculum and the pedagogy. The purpose of our research was to
examine whether there were any differences ...

Background: Measurement of change occurring during and after intervention is a critical part of evidence based practice. Therefore, it is imperative to find measurements that are sensitive enough to show real change. In ...

An industry shortage of high skilled computer users create further options for adult learners by equipping them with an employable skill set and this research assesses the potential widening of progression routes for adult ...